900 Europe was beginning to take shape as it is today. France, Austria and Germany grew strong.

Normandy broke away from France under the leadership of Robert, First Duke of Normandy.

912 GonguHrolf and his men take lands in Normandy as vassals of the French king. Their descendants become the Normans.

912 - 1400s 490s Age of Chivalry The knights swore to be true to their trusts as the champions of God and the ladies. Flourished from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. Chivalry commenced. The knights swore to be true to their trusts as the champions of God and the ladies. Chivalry flourished from the eleventh to the fifteenth century.

732Battle of Tours
Charles Martel, King of the Franks, defeats Muslim army Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men defeat a large army of Moors under the governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, who is killed during the battle. The Battle of Tours halts the advance of Islam into Western Europe and establishes a balance of power between Western Europe, Islam and the Byzantine Empire.